But the kid in me is suicidal that I'll become a fat bastard.

I don't get it?!?!? Perhaps it's my lack of an adult self?

Congrats to mytdawg!

I'd rather eat Grape-Nuts than have truck nuts.

It was the first comment I read today, blew my socks off, that's for sure.

Totally agreed. Part of being an adult is deciding when you get to be a kid. We're wise enough to not do it all the time, but sometimes you just need ice cream for dinner. A little while ago, I was trying to figure out what to fix myself for dinner, and I realized I had all the components for pancakes.

The adult side of me thought "well, that's not a proper meal", but by that time my kid side was already screaming "woooooooo pancakes for dinner" and getting out mixing bowls.

I thought like a child when choosing my current car, and I love it. The only bit that sucks is cutting that check once a month....

@Hyman Decent: [www.adultswim.com]
Truck nuts are that trendy.

Well earned mytdawg! Sage advice and further validation for my Frosted Flakes habit.

Good Comment. Although, Im sure my Adult would have been a bit uneasy about thoes Oreo-O's. Anyway, dental hygiene is for losers.

Well-played MYTDAWG... and you all know better than to get me started on any discussion involving grapes or nuts before the chillin' are tucked away snug in bed...

In honor of this comment, I think I'm going to use a whole batch of cookie dough to make one giant cookie tonight, but only after jumping off the roof with a trash bag for a parachute.

@Mad_Science: Trash bag diving bells are better.

I knew where this was going the second I read the title.

@Mad_Science: And then, I'm gonna go find a construction yard and steal some plywood and cinder blocks so I can ride off it on my Huffy and pretend to be Evil Knievel (before I found out that he beat the shit out of a guy with a baseball bat). And afterwards I'm gonna draw firebreathing wedge-shaped cars with machine guns and nuclear missiles on the roof in my History notebook...oh wait, I still do that.

The instant I read this I knew it would be COTD.

Call it a premonition, but I contend that I secretly select them in my head and some weird Jalopnik telepathy takes it from my head.

It doesn't always work?

Man, I love Grape Nuts. They're dirt cheap, and great mixed into hot oatmeal. Plus, you can make beer out of them: [www.birkocorp.com]! Of course, I'm one of those weird people that liked broccoli growing up, so go figure.

@ƂƵЯ: I wholeheartedly endorse this method of note-taking. Why, just this afternoon I looked down after ARCH 357 and discovered that my notes on Structures consisted entirely of a V8 Interceptor, a first-gen RX7, and a Hayabusa.

this COTD is exactly why I'm looking at an EVO X for my next car.

@Paul Y. Rocks: I'm glad somebody else saw that episode. Instant classic.

@Mad_Science:

Adult self says reverse this in order to still enjoy cookie before being hospitalized.

All I know is that I'm mad they quit making Oreo O's and Boo-berry.

Grape nuts aren't that bad, and I'm 17.

Of course, I put a ton of sugar and maple syrup on them.

Also, they quit making Oreo O's?! Those bastards!

My pre-adult judgment is unreliable, for I was beaten as a child.

Oh man. You guys are spoiling me. I'd like to thank the academy for um... uh.. Oh damn. Now words fail me.

Breakfast is the most important meal of the day kids.

@charles_barrett: I don't want to know what you have for breakfast pal... I'm sure there is a cheap shot in there but I'm a classy guy.

@clank-o-tron: You need to hang out with more Dutch people. I've been getting pancakes (either regular or potato) as an evening meal my whole life.

Euell Gibbons, I had forgotten about that man. Did you know you can eat a pine cone? You can but they taste like shit.

@mytdawg: Well, I've never been accused of being classy. Eating like Euell Gibbons will earn you a stomach ulcer, so do better for your health, mate.

Love always,
Charles

Grape Nuts contain neither grapes, nor nuts. Perhaps inclusion of bother would make for a much better cereal.

Grape-nuts are sorta like Christian Scientists, they're neither grapes nor nuts.

Grape-nuts are like Christian Scientists, they're neither grapes nor nuts.

Sorry for the (nearly) double post. I wrote it once and it never showed up. Then I wrote it again and it appeared twice. The wonders of Cyberspace.

What about when deciding between a house and a car? ;)

Maple Syrup!
um get the car so you can drive to Canada for cheap maple syrup?
Then get the house to stash it in.

Grape Nuts isn't that bad. Plenty of "healthy" food is as appetizing as dryer lint.

@Turboner: C'mon, you're still sittin' on that fence? Grow up already. You can't stockpile Coco Puffs in a car.

@Ethan Allison:

I haven't seen them anywhere in quite some time. They were good,but they went through me like Sherman through Atlanta.

Just remember Turboner: You can live in your car but you can't drive your house.

@clank-o-tron: And what's wrong with pancakes for dinner? We do it bi-weekly at my house (usually when the female spousal unit is working); the kids love it.

But you're so right about choosing carefully the moments to act like a kid. I didn't do well at that a few years back and ended up with a broken ankle. Broken bones at 40 suck. Bad.

@graverobber: Hey, it validates my trips overseas to get my requisite Cocopops that I can't get here in Norway.

I'm not that kind of adult. Grape Nuts taste like cardboard. With the existence of metamucil, and FiberCon and (much better tasting) oatmeal, there is quite frankly no use for that poor excuse for health food. Moreover, if you just exercise enough, you can eat just about whatever the hell you want. Growing up is easy once you figure out the hang of it.

Much in the same way, you have cars like the M5 wagon, the WRX wagon, the F150, etc. that are super fun yet easy enough to justify to the "adult".